ABSTRACT
Not all children with ADHD respond to straightforward strategies as previously mentioned. This chapter contains some suggestions for more complex cases. For example, if a child is receiving recurrent detentions, try and look at what is causing these and whether appropriate accommodations might prevent them. For example if it is an issue to do with homework then very frequently this is because the child’s medication has worn off, because he or she has not written the homework down, or because he or she is disorganised and cannot get the homework back to school. Appropriate accommodations can minimise the occurrence of this. Most children with ADHD do not learn from detentions. Some even use detentions as a means of avoiding specific task or demands.
